how to install themes - retard question

I'm not so new to linux, but I am completely new to "good look" in Linux. I'm using Debian. And for last 2 days I'm trying to figure out how to install new themes from this great site.

So...I download the theme and...what? I know I sound like a retard but I really don't know what to do..When I go to Appearance preferences->Themes->Install, there are no files in my downloaded theme that I can use.

First off I would start by making sure that you have all available theme engines that you can have.

open root terminal or open normal terminal and type su root and give you root password there.

then apt-get install gtk2-engines-*.

Ok if all went fine you should have every available debian theme engine. When you find your icon theme/or gtk2 theme or mouse theme that you would like to use open appearance and drag and drop the theme file you downloaded to the appearance window. Now it should be installed.

To apply themes you like hit the "customize" button and there you can mix different window borders with for example different mouse themes.
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As you are new to debian I give you one nice tip that I have found useful over the years.
To enable composition in metacity which uses low amount of system resources do the following

open terminal
type: gconf-editor
apps-->metacity--> general
there you shall find an entry composition_manager enable it and you have basic composition manager.
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Have a nice day and feel free to ask if you have any more questions
-Zack

Just one question...I couldn't install shiki-colors using aptitude, it didn't find any. Can you suggest a solution?

Newman

Re: Re: Re: re

You might be using Lenny? Shiki-colors seems to be available for Debian Squeeze and I don't know if there is Lenny version of it.

Anyway if this is the case I can point out that Debian Squeeze is already a very stable system to use (I have used it about half an year now without problems)... However the consideration to upgrade or not upgrade is up to you.

If you deside to upgrade I found you a link to ease the process.

http://www.go2linux.org/how-to-upgrade-from-debian-lenny-to-squeeze
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you can forget the sudo part if you are using the standard debian config: root password and normal password

You can also replace vim with your favorite text editor like gedit for example.
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Have a nice day
-Zack

No problem... always ask when you have a question. Using linux distribution is a community effort after all which means that the best way to learn is to learn from the other users.

Have a nice day.
-Zack

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